iOS Developer

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Job description

Job Description

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a iOS Developer for a contract assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in Irving, TX .

Responsibilities :

• Responsible for building out mobile applications on iOS that involves maintaining and developing on going features. Design and Build innovative intuitive and responsive native app.
• Responsible for Coding packaging and deployment as well as monitoring the app performance and stability.
• Ensure the performance quality and responsiveness of applications.
• Collaborate with a team to define design and ship new features.
• Investigate issues reported by testing teams to determine impact, root cause, and solve them.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs to optimize performance.
• Help maintain code quality organization and test automation.
• Work with Quality Assurance for end-to-end testing and certification of the product delivered.
• Work in a fast-paced environment that fosters growth and learning.
• Build and maintain integrated project development schedules that account for internal / external dependencies, differing SDLC approaches, numerous constraints, and adequately factor in contingency for unplanned delays.
• Negotiate features and associated priority and help the team and their customers reach consensus.
• Verbal and written communication is clear and concise.
• Clearly articulate development and timeline dependencies.
• Have good working relationships with team members, manager, and peers.
• Improve team development related processes that accelerate delivery, drive innovation, lower costs, and improve quality.
• Ensure self and peers are actively seeking ways to objectively measure productivity. (i.e., SonarQube Findbugs). This will include a focus on automating code quality, code performance, unit testing, and build processing in the CI/CD pipeline (RTC, Jenkins, RLM)

Required Skills :

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in iOS Development
• Good understanding of RESTful APIs and how to connect iOS applications to Spring Framework back-end services using asynchronous network calls
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms i.e., mobile tablet desktop and optimizing output to match the specific platform.
• At least one application published in Apple AppStore.
• Experience Secure Coding practices per OWASP to prevent XSS CSRF and other vulnerabilities. Understanding of accessibility and security compliance.
• High attention to detail and a knack for making a mobile experience beautiful.
• Experience with analytics and performance monitoring SDKs
• Good understanding of Web Technologies (Javascript, CSS, HTML5)
• Experience working with automated testing on the iOS platform
• Familiar with Continuous Integration (CI) and its use in testing, building and deploying iOS apps
• Knowledge of the open-source iOS ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Experience with Auto Layout, Push Notifications is required.
• Strong understanding and experience in multi-threading, memory management, and network communication on Android devices
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• Experience with UI animations a plus
• Strong object oriented programming skills and understanding of MVC pattern and MVP
• Experience in working with remote team members and agile concepts.
• Knowledge in SOAP Web Services / REST APIs JSON Parsing Proficiency MySQL or Oracle

Preferred Skills :

• Understanding of data modeling and storage with NoSQL databases like Cassandra/MongoDB will be a plus.
• Experience with the Atlassian tool suite JIRA and Confluence preferred.
• Experience with Swift and/or Functional programming is a plus
• Experience with payments technology is a plus
• Familiarity with Restful microservices architecture and patterns will be a plus.
• Development experience with REST services using Springboot or NodeJS/ExpressJS
• Knowledge of developing trends and emerging standards in mobile apps, mobile payments, and wearables.
• Familiarity with Linux and cloud concepts around discovery, load balancing etc. is preferred.

SGA is a Certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) celebrating over thirty years of service to our national client base for both permanent placement and consulting opportunities. For consulting positions, we offer a variety of benefit options including but not limited to health & dental insurance, paid vacation, timely payment via direct deposit. SGA accepts transfers of H1 sponsorship for most contracting roles. We are unable to sponsor for Right-to-Hire, Fulltime, or Government roles. All parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply for all roles. Only those authorized to work for government entities will be considered for government roles. Please inquire about our referral program if you would like to submit a candidate for any of our open or future job opportunities. SGA is an EEO Employer: Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. To view all of our available job postings and/or to learn more about SGA please visit us online at